The last PB I had was well over 10 years ago lol. They were a top company then . I dont know how they are now.
I have always been building my own PC's ever since .
I have seen them grow from the time when hard disks were not a standard !!
Boot using a floppy, compiler on another floppy, storage on another floppy !!
I was so excited when PC's were launched with the Hard Disk and I got hold of one of them.......It was a technolgical break through !! lol
ANd then came Pc's with 1MB RAM that could run windows 3.11 !! Hurray I thought then lol..
XT's , AT's lol
And then the mutimedia kits that included a 24 XCD-Drive, 16 bit Sound Card , SPeakers !! WOW!!!
lol
I bought a Compaq Laptop last year and the display adaptor conked in 2 weeks ! Under warranty , they replaced it . But it took ages.
Packardbell offers warranty as well....
Almost all the leading PC makers procure most of the parts from third party mfr and then only put them together !!
Hmmm.... the 22" widescreen TFT is tempting me...lol (